Non-skidding device.



L E. KESTER.

NON-SKIDDING DEVICE. APPLICATION menus. as. 911..

Patel! Dec. 11, 19M.

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J0 E. KESTER, or eUaWENsv mLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

NON-SKIDDING DEVICE.

Application filed February 16, 1917. Serial No. 149,065.

To all whom it may concern. Be 'itknown that I, JOHN E. Knsrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Curwensville, in the county of Clearfield and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Skidding Devices, of which the following is a specification. V

This invention relates to non-skidding de- Vices especially adapted to be used upon automobiles and similar vehicles and it con-. sists in the novel features hereinafter described and claimed. I i An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated which is of simple and durable structure and which may be easily and quickly applied to the wheel of an automobile for the purpose of preventing the same from skidding on smooth streets or surfaces.

With the above object inview the, device includes a plurality of hook members of peculiar configuration adapted to be applied a to the tire of the wheel, the said hook members having shank portions adapted to be attached to a ring which surrounds the axle or hub of the wheel.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a side elevation of a wheel h showing the device applied.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary top plan view of the same; 1

Fig. 3 is a perspective 'view of one of th hook members.

As illustrated in the accompanying drawing, the wheel 1 is of the usual attern employed upon automobiles'or simllar vehicles and the said wheel is provided with a cushion tire 2 of conventional form. The nonskidding device comprises hook members 3 which are preferably formed from a heavy wire or rod. The'members 3 are provided with shanks 4 which pass through a ring 5 and which are secured thereto by means of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

nuts 6 screwthreaded upon theinner ends of the said shanks and hearing at their outer faces against the inner surface of the ring 5. The ring 5 surrounds the axle or hub of the vehicle wheel.

Each hook member 3 from its shank 4 is provided with diverging arms 7' which con tinue into hooks 8 that extend around the outersurface of the tire 3. The hooks 8 oii the same member 3 are connected together by a section 9 which preventsthe said hooks from spreading with relation to each other. If desired a wire 10 may be wrapped around the hooks 8 and disposed beyond the outer surface -of the tire 2.

In practice it is preferable to use three ireof a wheel that, the said hooks will encounter the surface. of the roadway as the wheel rotates and hence they will prevent the wheel from skidding or slipping.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A nonrskidding device comprising hook members, having diverging arms each of which is continued into a 00k adapted to be applied to the tire of a wheel, a section connecting the ends of the hooks together,

each hook member having a shank, a ring through which the shanks of the hook members pass and means for securing the shanks to the ring". 1

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. in presence of two witnesses.

I Jomv E. KESTER.

Witnesses:

M. A. NELSON, FRED OSMER. 

